Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights
Progress report
| Doc. 14796 Add. 2
| 16 January 2019
- Committee
- Bureau of the Assembly
1 Report of the
Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human
Rights
The Committee held a meeting in Paris on 11 January 2019 with
Lord Donald Anderson (United Kingdom, SOC), 2nd Vice-Chairperson,
in the Chair.
2 Introduction
The Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court
of Human Rights assessed the lists of the candidates to the Court
in respect of Sweden and Italy.Note
3 Conclusions of
the Committee on the lists of candidates submitted by Sweden and
Italy
Sweden
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 11 January
2019.
The Committee recommends to the Assembly, with an overwhelming
majority, Mr Erik Wennerström as the most qualified candidate.
Italy
The Committee interviewed all the candidates on 11 January
2019.
The Committee recommends to the Assembly, by a majority, Mr Raffaele
Sabato as the most qualified candidate.
Appendix 1 – Lists of candidates submitted
by the Governments of Sweden and Italy
Sweden
- Mr Thomas
BULL
- Ms Katarina PÅHLSSON
- Mr Erik WENNERSTRÖM
Italy
- Mr Antonio BALSAMO
- Ms Ida CARACCIOLO
- Mr Raffaele SABATO
Appendix 2 – Members of the Committee who
participated in the meeting
Group of the European People's Party (EPP/CD)
- Mr Vladyslav GOLUB, Ukraine
- Ms Biljana PANTIĆ PILJA, Serbia
- Mr Andrej ŠIRCELJ, Slovenia
- Mr Vetle Wang SOLEIM, Norway
- Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine
Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group (SOC)
- Lord Donald ANDERSON, United
Kingdom, 2nd Vice-Chairperson
- Ms Eka BESELIA, Georgia
- Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia
- Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN, Romania
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
- Mr Olivier BECHT, France
- Ms Olena SOTNYK, Ukraine
European Conservatives Group (EC)
Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Wojciech SAWICKI, Secretary
General of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Mr Günter SCHIRMER, Head of the Secretariat
